Jobs → Engineering → WAF / Akamai Security Engineer

About the Role We are looking for a WAF / Akamai Security Engineer to join our team. This role focuses on securing internet-facing applications using Akamai technologies. Key Responsibilities • Lead onboarding of internet-facing applications to Akamai WAF • Work with application, DNS, load balancer, proxy, firewall, and QA teams to migrate applications into monitor/alert mode and ultimately deny mode • Coordinate testing, rollout plans, traffic cutovers, validation, and rollback procedures • Analyze production traffic and WAF events to identify false positives • Tune security policies to reduce business impact while maintaining strong security • Troubleshoot AI- and LLM-related traffic that triggers WAF protections • Review WAF, Bot Manager, DDoS, Client Reputation, and API Security events • Analyze attack patterns and determine whether activity is malicious or legitimate • Conduct structured reviews of applications protected by Akamai • Assist with production incidents where application behavior changes after WAF enablement • Advise application teams on secure web architectures and best practices • Act as the primary interface between the enterprise and Akamai Requirements • 5+ years of Akamai experience • Akamai Kona Site Defender • Akamai Bot Manager • Akamai API Security • OWASP Top 10 • Incident response experience